Poverty and Civil War: Revisiting the Evidence

Poverty and Civil War: Revisiting the Evidence

Previous research has interpreted the correlation between per capita income and civil war as evidence that poverty is a main determinant of conflict. In this paper, we find that the relationship between poverty and civil war is spurious and is accounted for by historical phenomena that jointly deter...

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Main Authors: Djankov, Simeon, Reynal-Querol, Marta
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Conflict
Conflict Resolution
Alliances D740
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: General, International, or Comparative N300
Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: General, International, or Comparative N400
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Formal and Informal Sectors
Shadow Economy
Institutional Arrangements O170
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5665

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